Collapsible costumer



Sept. 24, 1929. J MANDEL 1,729,395

COLLAPS IBLE COSTUMER Filed Feb. 25, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTEJRNEL:

M. J. MANDEL COLLAPSIBLE COSTUMER 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Feb. 23. 192 8 lllllll lmi Sept. 24, 1929,

Patented Sept. 24, 1929 UNITED STATES MORRIS J. MANUEL, OF MATTAPAN, FIASSACI'IUSETTS COLLAPSIBLE COSTUMER Application filed February 23, 1928.

My invention relates to collapsible costumers, and its object is to provide a device of this character which can readily and quickly be folded up into very small compass and quickly extended and placed in operative posi tion. m

I My invention comprises several telescoping sections, each in threaded engagement with the adjacent section or sections, together with hangers and feet swiveled to the upper and lower sections, respectively, and so arranged that when in inoperative position, the said hangers and feet may be folded up against the costumer.

My invention consists also in the parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification and illustrate one practical embodiment of my invention,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a costumer embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the upper section thereof on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showing the hangers in operative posilion;

Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the hangers folded up against the costumer;

Fig. 5 is a central section on an enlarged scale taken through the center of the lowermost telescoping member and showing the 35 feet in operative position;

Fig. (i is a similar section showing the feet folded up against the. lowermost member;

Figs. 7 and 8 are transverse sections taken on the lines 7-7 and 88, respectively of Fig. 5;

Fig. 9 is a central, longitudinal section of the costumer in its folded and collapsed position.

In the particular drawings selected for 45 more fully disclosing the principle of my invention, and which are to be taken as illustrative merely and not as restrictive, 10, 11, 12. 13 represent telescoping sections, each having threaded engagement with the section or sections adjacent thereto, as indicated at 1 1,

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15, the exterior threads on the lower end of the member 13being shown at 14, and the interior threads on the upper end of the member 12 being shown at 15. A plurality of cars 16 are spaced around the outer surface of the upper section 13, and swiveled between each pair of cars is a hanger rod 17, the swiveling means being shown, in the present instance, as the central portion 18 of a wirewhieh terminates in a pair of hooks 19, 20. The member 13 is provided with a plurality of slots 21 adjacent the pivotal connections of the hangers, and, as indicated in Fig. 3, the upper edge of each slot limits the downward movement of each hanger. The upward movement of each hanger is limited by the sleeve 22, having. limited longitudinal movement and rotational movement with respect to the telescoping member 13, such movement being governed by the pin 23 and a right angle slot 24. in said sleeve. When the said sleeve is in its uppermost position, as shown in Figs. 2' and 3, the upper edge thereof prevents any upward movement of the hangers 17. The pins engage the hooks 19, 20 when the hangers are moved down and move the same downward. They also limit the inward movement of said hooks.

In order to release the hangers so that they may be folded up against the member 13, the sleeve 22 is rotated to the left and then brought down to its lowermost position; the hangers may then be folded up against the member 13 and locked in folded position by moving the sleeve 22 upwardly and locking the same in upward position by turning it to the right. When in its upper position, the upper edge of said sleeve will lie between the member 13 and the lower ends of the hangers, as shown in Fig. 4, and lock said hangers in folded position.

The said member 13 is provided also with a plurality of slots 25 for receiving the hooks 20, and another series of slots 26 for receiving the hooks 19, as indicated in Fig. 4.

While various means may be employed for supporting the costumer in upright position, I prefer to employ for this purpose a plurality of feet 27, herein shown as four in number, each pivoted to one of the cars 28, so that I they may be folded up against the lowermost member 10, as indicated in Fig. 6, or else placed in operative position, as shown in Fig. 5. In order to hold the feet in their operative position, a tie rod 29 is swiveled to each foot near the lower end thereof, and means are provided for securing the inner ends of said tie rods relatively to the member to prevent the spreading of said feet. In the pres ent instance, this is accomplished by means of the latching rod 30 disposed within the member 10 and having sliding connection with the guide 31 secured to and arranged within said member 10. By means of the latch 32, held at all times against the rod 30 by the spring 33, said rod may be maintained in retracted position, as shown in Fig. 6, or in extended position, as indicated in Fig. 5, the .said latch co-operating with recesses 3a or 35, depending on the position of the rod 30.

Arranged to slide along the lower end of the rod 30 is a sleeve 36 having a lateral flange 37. The said rod 30 terminates in a flange 38 from which projects upwardly the studs 39, each adapted to take into an aperture in the ends of one of the tie rods 29, and when the tie rods are secured to said studs, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the said sleeve 36 is lowered, the said studs passing through perforations therein, and is then locked in position by the latch 40 which takes into a recess cut into the upstanding plate 41 which is integral with the flange 38, thereby securely locking the tie rods 29 in position.

As shown in Fig. 9, when the several sections are telescoped, the one within the other, and the hangers locked in folded position against their co-operating member 13 which, in such case, is disposed entirely within the next lower member 12, the feet 27 are folded up against the lowermost member, and the tie rods folded within the feet (see Fig. 6) so that the costumer occupies very little space, and may be readily shipped or carried about from place to place.

Having thus described an illustrative embodiment of my invention without, however, limitingthe same thereto, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A costumer comprising in combination an upper tubular member, a plurality of rods, a plurality of ears spaced about the outer surface of said member, and means pivotally connecting said rods to said ears, respectively, each said means being rotatable with respect to one of said ears and eachterminating in a pair of hooks, and means whereby said hooks may be locked into inoperative position when folded against said tubular member. 1

2. A costumer comprising in combination a tubular member, a plurality of ears spaced around said member and extending radially outward therefrom, a hanger swivelled intermediate its ends to each of said ears, said member being provided with a plurality of slots each arranged to receive the end of one of said hangers when the latter is in operative position, the upper edge of each said slot serving to limit the downward movement of said hangers, and a sleeve surrounding said member and arranged for limited rotational MORRIS J. MANDEL. 

